Search result: in the spotlight
Rabbi Hirsch: Roald Dahl on Broadway
April 29, 2026
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch reflects on a new Broadway play about Roald Dahl, noting its relevance today as language and arguments once used against Jews and Israel in the 1980s reappear in current discourse. A sermon at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, NYC.
Totally Booked: Zibby Owens with Brian Kelly
April 29, 2026
Brian Kelly, better known as The Points Guy, joins Zibby to share practical tips and stories from How to Win at Travel, tracing his journey from booking family trips as a teen to building a platform that helps millions maximize points and miles.
JLMinute: Trump Assassination Attempt
April 29, 2026
Gunshots at a presidential event, a collapsing Iranian regime and a Middle East on the brink. This episode uncovers how an alleged assassination attempt on President Trump intersects with a strategy to economically suffocate Iran.
Being Jewish: Harley Finkelstein
May 5, 2026
Jonah Platt sits with Harley Finkelstein, the Jewish-Canadian president of Shopify and grandson of Holocaust survivors and an outspoken advocate for Jewish pride and identity.
Totally Booked: Zibby Owens with James Frey
May 6, 2026
Zibby sits with #1 New York Times bestselling author James Frey to discuss his darkly comic novel Next to Heaven, his rule-breaking style and the provocative themes of wealth, secrecy and excess that define his work.
Thinking Out Loud: Why People Really Hate Israel
May 8, 2026
Micah Halpern offers his perspective on why people really hate Israel, dissecting the roots and forces behind that hostility. Ep, 423
In discussion of the agunah crisis where Jewish women are denied a religious divorce, Teisha Bader talks with Rabbanit Leah Sarna and Melissa, who has experienced agunah firsthand.
Totally Booked: Zibby Owens with Susan Orlean
May 18, 2026
Zibby sits with New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean to discuss her debut memoir Joyride and the “reign of good fortune” shaping her life and career, from early breaks to personal loss, resilience and rebuilding.
David Harris is joined by Ambassador Marc Sievers, former U.S. Ambassador to Oman and veteran diplomat to ten countries, for a discussion of the regional situation from his vantage point in Abu Dhabi.
Rav Tamir Granot on Israel after October 7th and the discovered journals of his fallen son Amitai, published as A Dreamer and a Fighter.